位于尤卡坦海岸的一个叫希克苏鲁伯的地方被认为是主要的撞击地点。
A location called Chicxulub, along the Yucatan coast, has been suggested as the primary impact site.
众所周知，希克苏鲁伯陨石坑可能只是一个“开胃酒”。
The Chicxulub crater, as it is known, may have been a mere aperitif.
在同一个时间里，未必只有希克苏鲁伯打击了那些不幸的恐龙。
And Chicxulub may not have been the only blow to strike the unfortunate dinosaurs at around the same time.
据认为其原因是在尤卡坦半岛造成希克苏鲁伯陨石坑的小行星影响。
Thought to have been caused by asteroid impact that created Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan.
在那些远离希克苏鲁伯陨石坑的地点，有证据显示只发生过一次撞击事件。
The sites that are distant from Chicxulub show evidence of only one impact.
小行星为恐龙的灭绝“负责”这一说法毕竟留下了比希克苏鲁伯的陨石坑更多的证据。
The asteroid charged with killing the dinosaurs, after all, left more than the Chicxulub crater as its calling card.
那次大灭绝是由闯入地球的一颗巨型小行星造成的，形成了墨西哥希克苏鲁伯陨石坑。
Thee extinction was caused by a massive asteroid slamming into Earth at Chicxulub in Mexico.
有些科学家认为灰烬可能是由小行星撞击希克苏鲁伯时，撞击地点岩石中的石油燃烧而成的。
Some scientists have suggested the soot might have been caused by the burning of petroleum in the rocks of the Chicxulub impact site when the asteroid struck.
不过，据英国阿伯丁皇家学院大卫•乔利和一个研究小组认为，乌克兰博提施撞击地球事件比之前的墨西哥希克苏鲁伯撞击事件要晚5,000年。
But according to David Jolley of King's College in Abaerdeen, U.K. and a team of researchers, Bolytsh slammed into the planet less than 5, 000 years before the giant Chicxulub impact in Mexico.
而上述博提施和希克苏伯鲁两次撞击是如此可疑地接近，暗示了这样一种假设——太阳系发生过几次巨大的碰撞，其中一些散射的宇宙岩石飞向了我们的星球。
But they're still suspiciously close together, suggesting that perhaps some great collision in the solar system sent a scatter-shot of space rocks headed our way.
而上述博提施和希克苏伯鲁两次撞击是如此可疑地接近，暗示了这样一种假设——太阳系发生过几次巨大的碰撞，其中一些散射的宇宙岩石飞向了我们的星球。
But they're still suspiciously close together, suggesting that perhaps some great collision in the solar system sent a scatter-shot of space rocks headed our way.
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